Wanda's Picks

This is a black arts and culture site. We will be exploring the African Diaspora via the writing, performance, both musical and theatrical (film and stage), as well as the visual arts of Africans in the Diaspora and those influenced by these aesthetic forms of expression. I am interested in the political and social ramifications of art on society, specifically movements supported by these artists and their forebearers. It is my claim that the artists are the true revolutionaries, their work honest and filled with raw unedited passion. They are our true heroes. Ashay! 1. Mama Naasira Ageela & Dr. Gregory Joe Bledsoe, authors, Spicy Tasty Vegan Cuisine: An Informative Health Guide for the Melaninated (People of Color) 2. Norman Gee, Oakland Public Theatre, speaks on theatre with incarcerated youth re: Peralta Hacienda Historic House Museum's "Home and Away: Oakland, CA Prisons and the Geography of the Heart" 3. Shakespeare Goes to War with Jesse F. Vaughn (actor); John Fisher (playwright, actor, di